Criminal Justice

Rating:
Summary: Completely forgettable
Review: I almost put this down halfway through, but my husband was away for the weekend, and I didn't have another book ready to open. Now I'm sorry I wasted the time.

Rating:
Summary: Completely forgettable
Review: I almost put this down halfway through, but my husband was away for the weekend, and I didn't have another book ready to open. Now I'm sorry I wasted the time.

Rating:
Summary: A pleasant surprise after the overwraught emotions of A & G
Review: I bought this book on a lark and really wasn't sure what to think when I picked it up, since I had read a number of the Anthony & Gail books and was worn out by them: tired of the emotional roller coaster, tired of the crisis-driven plot, tired of two so-called adult attorneys behaving so boorishly. I found Criminal Justice to be a delight -- the plot was just snappy enough, the reactions and emotions realistic and for the most part, the dialogue true. I agree that the character development was lacking a bit (so, I went ahead and developed them on my own, mentally, while reading), but if that was the price I had to pay to avoid the overdevelopment of some of Parker's other characters, it was worth it. I will definitely seek out Parker's other non-series books.

Rating:
Summary: A pleasant surprise after the overwraught emotions of A & G
Review: I bought this book on a lark and really wasn't sure what to think when I picked it up, since I had read a number of the Anthony & Gail books and was worn out by them: tired of the emotional roller coaster, tired of the crisis-driven plot, tired of two so-called adult attorneys behaving so boorishly. I found Criminal Justice to be a delight -- the plot was just snappy enough, the reactions and emotions realistic and for the most part, the dialogue true. I agree that the character development was lacking a bit (so, I went ahead and developed them on my own, mentally, while reading), but if that was the price I had to pay to avoid the overdevelopment of some of Parker's other characters, it was worth it. I will definitely seek out Parker's other non-series books.

Rating:
Summary: Fantastic plot
Review: I loved this book. The main character Dan Galindo was so likable that I can't wait for Parker to write another book featuring him. The plot and characters kept me from putting this book down; a real page-turner.

Rating:
Summary: I wish I could get my $... back
Review: This book was terrible. The characters are full of emotional and social flaws and it is hard to connect with any of them. Dan Galindo, the lead character, is not the most unlikable, but almost. He can't decide which woman to love but doesn't mind sleeping with them in the meantime and stringing them along. Elaine McHale is supposedly a high power attorney but she is having an affair with a despicable married man. There wasn't one redeeming character in the whole shoddy book. The dialogue was trite, the plot totally useless and predictable. If you enjoy such hackneyed dialogue as this: "You have no right to tell me to do a damn thing"..... Hooper slammed a fist into his stomach. "There's my right, ...," then this is the book for you.